It has been noted that the New York Times correspondent and CNN analyst Maggie Haberman has said that Judge Aileen Cannon might have rejected a motion which was appealed by former President Donald Trump, she’s been “gumming up the works” by taking so much time to rule on a flood of issues.
Cannon, a Trump appointee, denied a motion to dismiss Thursday. However, did not go as far as Special Counsel Jack Smith asked her to in a blistering filing over jury instructions.
On Thursday night’s edition of CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, guest host Brianna Keilar asked Haberman how Trump’s legal team views the ruling.
Haberman said it was no surprise, and that Trump’s lawyers are pleased at how “effective” they have been at delaying the trial — and made note of Cannon’s deliberate pace:
KEILAR: How do those, who remain, on his legal team, view this issue, of using the PRA, the Presidential Records Act, to claim the documents are personal?
MAGGIE HABERMAN: Yes, so Brianna, look, they were not surprised by the fact that this is the way that the judge ruled.
They’ll remember, she has taken a very long time on ruling, on a number of motions, in this case. There’s a huge backlog. It has sort of gummed up the works. And their strategy has been this blitz of filings, to delay all of these trials. It’s actually been pretty effective. And they’re pretty open about the fact that they think it’s been effective.
She didn’t totally close the door, on the notion of the Presidential Records Act coming up at trial. And so, because of that, you will continue to hear about this, from Donald Trump, who has been saying this, since it was put in his head, in February of 2022. And I expect, again, this is going to continue publicly.
Listen, they believe this was a long shot. They didn’t think this was likely. But it was one of the many things they were going to try. And again, Judge Cannon has shown, over and over again, a willingness to be extremely open to the defense team’s arguments.
KEILAR: With, I mean, what’s really, as I said, a dizzying reality, of trying to keep up with all of this.
